Abstract

ORTIZ-ROSALES, Miguel Á.  and  RAMIREZ-ABARCA, Orsohe. Suppliers and destination industries of maize in México. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2017, vol.14, n.1, pp.61-82. ISSN 1870-5472.

The objective of this study was to analyze the offer, the demand and the destination industries of maize, from the perspective of the relationships of purchase and sale established by storehouses in México. Social Network Analysis is carried out, for which Microsoft Excel was used for the construction of matrices, and Ucinet 6 - NetDraw 2.097 for the graphic analysis and representation. Results show that in the supply of maize to storehouses individual producers predominate as suppliers, the main buyers are domestic companies, and the main destinations are the industries of dough and tortilla and of balanced meals.

Keywords : grain storehouses; maize commercialization; social networks.